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Start Making Sense
Winning Rural Voters, plus J. Edgar Hoover | Start Making Sense

Start Making Sense

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 48:36


Rural America is Trump country. Last November Trump carried 93 percent of rural counties.. How can Democrats change that? Anthony Flaccavento and Erica Etelson, co-founders of the Rural Urban Bridge Initiative, have a strategy to accomplish that. Also: 20 minutes without Trump: We know a lot about the bad things J. Edgar Hoover did, but it turns out there's a lot we didn't know. In this episode from the archives, Historian Beverly Gage will explain. Her award-winning book is “G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover & the Making of the American Century.” (originally aired in December, 2022)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Forever Young Autobiographies
FYA 154: G-Man: Groundbreaking biography about Washington FBI director J. Edgar Hoover

Forever Young Autobiographies

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 7:56


Book review: A Pulitzer winner by Yale Professor Beverly Gage. G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century by Beverly Gage is a monumental biography. It is a revelatory portrait of a colossus who for decades influenced government, policing, race, ideology, politics, federal power and much more.⇨ YOU WILL LEARN: * What this Viking publication is all about* Highlights from the war on Communists and gangsters* Valuable tips for creating your own memoir or biography* How life stories can change history!⇨ FULL ARTICLEClick to read: https://foreveryoungautobiographies.com/g-man/ ⇨ VIDEO PODCASTClick to watch: https://youtu.be/XI08rOyRQNg ⇨ FREE GIFTStructure Success video training: Four steps to plan a life-story outline. FREE training, click to sign up: https://wp.me/P8NwjM-3o⇨ YOUR SAYDo you have a book review recommendation? Leave me a comment below or here https://www.foreveryoungautobiographies.com/contact/⇨ RELATED LINKSBest life stories of 2024: Settle in with an award-winning bookhttps://foreveryoungautobiographies.com/best-life-stories-of-2024/  Best life stories of 2023: Award-winning books to read over the holidays https://www.foreveryoungautobiographies.com/best-life-stories-of-2023/  Book review: A British Book Awards winner and bestseller by Katherine Rundell https://foreveryoungautobiographies.com/super-infinite/  How to make a timeline: What is a timeline + timeline example (plus free printable!)https://www.foreveryoungautobiographies.com/how-to-make-a-timeline/ Writing characters: If you've already tried creating characters, don't read this. It'll break your hearthttps://www.foreveryoungautobiographies.com/writing-characters/ Editing: Don't try self editing before reading this!https://www.foreveryoungautobiographies.com/editing-autobiographies/ ♡ Thanks for listening! Please subscribe if you are new and share or review the show if you found it helpful!Happy writing!⇨ ABOUT MEG'day! I'm Nicola, the founder of Forever Young Autobiographies. I've been a daily print journalist for decades and know how to create life stories! Now I help others do the same to share with family and friends so that unique memories live on.⇨ WEBSITEhttps://www.foreveryoungautobiographies.com⇨ YOUTUBEhttps://www.youtube.com/c/ForeverYoungAutobiographies⇨ FACEBOOKhttps://www.facebook.com/foreveryoungautobiographies⇨ INSTAGRAMhttps://www.instagram.com/foreveryoungautobiographies/

Ordinary Unhappiness
UNLOCKED: 42: Wild Analysis: The President's Analyst

Ordinary Unhappiness

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2025 85:55


Unlocked Patreon episode. Support Ordinary Unhappiness on Patreon to get access to all the exclusive episodes. patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappinessIn a perfect pairing with our ongoing series on Lacan, we come in from the cold and go underground by watching Theodore Flicker's neglected classic, “The President's Analyst” (1967). James Coburn stars as a psychoanalyst drafted to serve as the president's shrink, and who swiftly goes from starstruck to depleted to a fugitive on the run. This satiric romp hit a nerve with the FBI, was censored in post-production, and quickly disappeared from theaters. A loving sendup of psychoanalysis, an acid-addled dramatization of Cold War anxieties, and just a gonzo all-around-good time, the film gives us plenty to talk about, from the paranoic structure of knowledge to the Big Other of surveillance to unorthodox cures for “hostility” to J. Edgar Hoover's secret flirtations with self-analysis and more. Beverly Gage's biography of J. Edgar Hoover is G-MAN: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century. You can listen to Barry McGuire's “Inner-Manipulations” (featured in the film) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU7F_u9L5X8Have you noticed that Freud is back? Got questions about psychoanalysis? Or maybe you've traversed the fantasy and lived to tell the tale? Leave us a voicemail! (646) 450-0847  A podcast about psychoanalysis, politics, pop culture, and the ways we suffer now. New episodes on Saturdays. Follow us on social media:  Linktree: https://linktr.ee/OrdinaryUnhappiness Twitter: @UnhappinessPod Instagram: @OrdinaryUnhappiness Patreon: patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappiness Theme song: Formal Chicken - Gnossienne No. 1 https://open.spotify.com/album/2MIIYnbyLqriV3vrpUTxxO Provided by Fruits Music

Why Is This Happening? with Chris Hayes
Weaponization of the FBI from Hoover to Trump 2.0 with Beverly Gage

Why Is This Happening? with Chris Hayes

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 50:50


J. Edgar Hoover is one of the most polarizing figures in U.S. history. And the seeds he planted as the decades long founding director of the FBI continue to shape much of today's conservative political landscape. Kash Patel, who now leads the FBI, has openly vowed to find ways to punish Trump's political enemies. While that's appalling, it's not the first time an FBI director has used abused institutional power. There's a lot of historical precedent that we can compare and contrast with the current moment. Beverly Gage is a historian at Yale University and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century.” She joins WITHpod to discuss Hoover's influence, the politicization of the FBI, the abuse of its power, the FBI in Trump 2.0 and more.

The Colin McEnroe Show
What the history of the McKinley era, tariffs, and the Gilded Age can teach us about the present

The Colin McEnroe Show

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 49:00


President Donald Trump has found inspiration for tariffs and more in the 25th President of the United States: William McKinley. This hour, we look at the life and legacy of McKinley, and why Trump is drawn to him. Plus, we'll learn about the Gilded Age and its parallels to today. GUESTS: Kevin Kern: Associate Professor of History at The University of Akron. He is co-author of Ohio: A History of the Buckeye State Beverly Gage: Professor of 20th-century U.S. history at Yale University. Her newest book, G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century, received the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Biography. Joan Antonson: Executive Director of the Alaska Historical Society Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the Media
How Does Kash Patel Compare to J. Edgar Hoover?

On the Media

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 17:36


Since Kash Patel was announced as the director for the FBI, pundits have warned of a return to the era of J. Edgar Hoover, who ran the bureau for 48 years. But according to Beverly Gage, the author of G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century, under Patel, the FBI could be politicized in ways that even its notorious first director would have rejected. This week, Micah and Beverly discuss how Hoover established a playbook for weaponizing the FBI, and how Patel might go even further. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.

Living in the USA
How We Got Here: Harold Meyerson; The Undocumented: Gustavo Arellano; J. Edgar: Beverely Gage

Living in the USA

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2025 58:15


How did we get here, with Trump returning to the White House? Harold Meyerson of The American Prospect comments on the 93 million people who could have voted – but didn't –and on Trump's Day One executive orders.Also: Now that Trump is preparing to round up and deport undocumented residents, we want to thank them for everything they've done to make America good. Gustavo Arellano will explain – he's a columnist for the LA Times whose father came to the US in the 1960s in the trunk of a Chevy.Plus: Twenty Minutes without Trump. Today: J. Edgar Hoover: We know a lot about the bad things he did, but it turns out there's a lot we didn't know. Historian Beverly Gage will explain. Her award-winning book is “G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover & the Making of the American Century.” (originally broadcast in December, 2022.)

For the Ages: A History Podcast
G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century

For the Ages: A History Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2024 27:09


J. Edgar Hoover was not only the inaugural director of the FBI, but the architect of modern American law enforcement. Hoover's stewardship over America's justice system was as robust as it was ruthless, while his connections to white supremacists and the religious right spun a complex web between policing, politics, and race. Historian Beverly Gage sits down with David M. Rubenstein to discuss her Pulitzer Prize-winning book on Hoover, tracing the lawman's decades-long career shaping the American legal and political landscape, a period of immense influence that would span eight presidencies. Recorded on March 8, 2023

The Ricochet Audio Network Superfeed
The Learning Curve: J. Edgar Hoover & the FBI with Yale’s Pulitzer Winner Beverly Gage (#179)

The Ricochet Audio Network Superfeed

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2024


This week on The Learning Curve, guest co-hosts Alisha Searcy and Charlie Chieppo interview Yale Prof. Beverly Gage, author of G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American. Gage delves into the enigmatic life and career of J. Edgar Hoover, tracing his formative years in Washington, D.C., his rise to prominence as director […]

The Learning Curve
E179. J. Edgar Hoover & the FBI with Yale’s Pulitzer Winner Beverly Gage

The Learning Curve

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2024


This week on The Learning Curve, guest co-hosts Alisha Searcy and Charlie Chieppo interview Yale Prof. Beverly Gage, author of G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American. Gage delves into the enigmatic life and career of J. Edgar Hoover, tracing his formative years in Washington, D.C., his rise to prominence as director of the FBI, and his enduring influence on American law enforcement... Source

The Learning Curve
J. Edgar Hoover & the FBI with Yale's Pulitzer Winner Beverly Gage

The Learning Curve

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2024 41:08


This week on The Learning Curve, guest co-hosts Alisha Searcy and Charlie Chieppo interview Yale Prof. Beverly Gage, author of G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American. Gage delves into the enigmatic life and career of J. Edgar Hoover, tracing his formative years in Washington, D.C., his rise to prominence as director of the FBI, and his enduring influence on American law enforcement and politics. She discusses his early career monitoring domestic radicals to his aggressive pursuit of gangsters like John Dillinger, communists, spies, and Civil Rights-era figures. Hoover's tenure at the FBI was marked by both innovation and controversy. She closes with a reading from G-Man.

The Colin McEnroe Show
Unpacking the impact of J. Edgar Hoover on the FBI and 20th century America

The Colin McEnroe Show

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2024 49:00


J. Edgar Hoover served as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation under eight presidents and made the FBI into the organization it is today. This hour, Beverly Gage, Yale historian and author of a Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Hoover, joins us to talk about his life and legacy. Plus, a look at the status of the FBI today and the lessons we can learn from Hoover's example. GUESTS: Beverly Gage: Professor of 20th-century U.S. history at Yale University; her newest book, G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century, received the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Biography The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode! Subscribe to The Noseletter, an email compendium of merriment, secrets, and ancient wisdom brought to you by The Colin McEnroe Show. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Colin McEnroe, Jonathan McNicol, and Cat Pastor contributed to this show, which originally aired July 27, 2023.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ordinary Unhappiness
42: Wild Analysis: The President's Analyst Teaser

Ordinary Unhappiness

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2024 5:18


Subscribe to get access to the full episode, the episode reading list, and all premium episodes! www.patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappinessIn a perfect pairing with our ongoing series on Lacan, we come in from the cold and go underground by watching Theodore Flicker's neglected classic, “The President's Analyst” (1967). James Coburn stars as a psychoanalyst drafted to serve as the president's shrink, and who swiftly goes from starstruck to depleted to a fugitive on the run. This satiric romp hit a nerve with the FBI, was censored in post-production, and quickly disappeared from theaters. A loving sendup of psychoanalysis, an acid-addled dramatization of Cold War anxieties, and just a gonzo all-around-good time, the film gives us plenty to talk about, from the paranoic structure of knowledge to the Big Other of surveillance to unorthodox cures for “hostility” to J. Edgar Hoover's secret flirtations with self-analysis and more. Beverly Gage's biography of J. Edgar Hoover is G-MAN: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century. You can listen to Barry McGuire's “Inner-Manipulations” (featured in the film) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU7F_u9L5X8Have you noticed that Freud is back? Got questions about psychoanalysis? Or maybe you've traversed the fantasy and lived to tell the tale? Leave us a voicemail! 484 775-0107  A podcast about psychoanalysis, politics, pop culture, and the ways we suffer now. New episodes on Saturdays. Follow us on social media:  Linktree: https://linktr.ee/OrdinaryUnhappiness Twitter: @UnhappinessPod Instagram: @OrdinaryUnhappiness Patreon: patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappiness Theme song: Formal Chicken - Gnossienne No. 1 https://open.spotify.com/album/2MIIYnbyLqriV3vrpUTxxO Provided by Fruits Music

Biographers International Organization
Podcast #156 – Beverly Gage

Biographers International Organization

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 24:47


This week, we interview Beverly Gage, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century, published by Viking in November 2022. Gage is […]

Unclear and Present Danger
J. Edgar (feat. Beverly Gage)

Unclear and Present Danger

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2023 63:08


This week on the Patreon, Jamelle and John were joined by Beverly Gage — a professor of history at Yale University and author of "G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century" — to discuss Clint Eastwood's 2011 J. Edgar Hoover biopic, simply titled "J. Edgar." We had such a good time discussing the movie with Professor Gage that we thought we should share this episode on the main feed as a bonus! We hope you enjoy it and we hope you consider signing up for the Patreon if you haven't already."J. Edgar" stars eonardo DiCaprio in the title role, with supporting performances from Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Josh Lucas and Judi Dench. The movie is available for rental or purchase on iTunes and Amazon.You can find Beverly's book at a bookstore near you.This episode was produced by Connor Lynch. Our artwork is by Rachel Eck.

Jacobin Radio
Dig: J. Edgar Hoover's America w/ Beverly Gage

Jacobin Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2023 104:19


Featuring Beverly Gage on her masterful biography G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century. Guest hosted by Micah Uetricht. The Dig is an essential political education project. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig.Subscribe to Jacobin bit.ly/digjacobinBuy War Made Invisible thenewpress.com/books/war-made-invisible Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Dig
J. Edgar Hoover’s America w/ Beverly Gage

The Dig

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2023 104:20


Featuring Beverly Gage on her masterful biography G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century. Guest hosted by Micah Uetricht. The Dig is an essential political education project. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig. Subscribe to Jacobin bit.ly/digjacobin Buy War Made Invisible thenewpress.com/books/war-made-invisible

The Colin McEnroe Show
Unpacking the impact of J. Edgar Hoover on the FBI and 20th century America

The Colin McEnroe Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2023 48:50


J. Edgar Hoover served as the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations under eight Presidents, and made the FBI into the organization it is today. This hour, Beverly Gage, Yale historian and author of a Pulitzer-prize winning biography of Hoover, joins us to talk about Hoover's life and legacy. Plus, we'll talk about the status of the FBI today, and the lessons we can learn from Hoover's example. GUESTS:  Beverly Gage: Professor of 20th-Century U.S. History at Yale University. Her newest book, G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century, received the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Biography Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Subscribe to The Noseletter, an email compendium of merriment, secrets, and ancient wisdom brought to you by The Colin McEnroe Show. The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode.  Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Then & Now
The Life and Times of J. Edgar Hoover: A Conversation with Beverly Gage

Then & Now

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2023 31:10


 As the director of the FBI for nearly half a century, John Edgar Hoover was the chief architect of the American security apparatus during a large chunk of the 20th century. A recognizable figure in popular memory, Hoover is also remembered for his fierce campaigns against Communism and his antipathy to civil liberties, which led to egregious abuses of power. In many ways, his career symbolized the dramatic rise of the security state in post-New Deal America.What does J. Edgar Hoover's life reveal to us about the evolution of federal power? How does his story revise our view of conservatism in 20th-century America? And what might his tenure tell us about our own times as the FBI increasingly comes in the crosshairs of partisan politics? In this episode, our host Ben Zdencanovic sits down with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Beverly Gage to discuss these questions. Beverly Gage is the John Lewis Gaddis Professor of History at Yale University. Her book G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century, a biography of former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, received the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Biography, the Bancroft Prize in American History, and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography, among other prizes. Professor Gage has also authored The Day Wall Street Exploded: A Story of America in its First Age of Terror.  She writes for numerous journals and magazines, including The New Yorker, New York Times, and Washington Post.  

ChinaTalk
Hoover, Communism, and the FBI

ChinaTalk

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2023 97:16


J. Edgar Hoover was a controversial figure who served as the director of the FBI for nearly five decades. In this episode, we explore his life and legacy with Beverly Gage, a professor of 20th-century U.S. history and author of the Bancroft Prize-winning biography "G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century." We discuss The context in which Hoover developed his anti-communist worldview, and how this shaped his approach to law enforcement. The deportation of anarchists to Bolshevik Russia. Similarities between Hoover and Xi Jinping. The role of FBI informants, including one who met with Mao Zedong. Outro music: G-Man Hoover by Van Dyke Parks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E566LbON5QA Check out ChinaTalk.media for transcripts, analysis and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ChinaEconTalk
Hoover, Communism, and the FBI

ChinaEconTalk

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2023 97:16


J. Edgar Hoover was a controversial figure who served as the director of the FBI for nearly five decades. In this episode, we explore his life and legacy with Beverly Gage, a professor of 20th-century U.S. history and author of the Bancroft Prize-winning biography "G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century." We discuss The context in which Hoover developed his anti-communist worldview, and how this shaped his approach to law enforcement. The deportation of anarchists to Bolshevik Russia. Similarities between Hoover and Xi Jinping. The role of FBI informants, including one who met with Mao Zedong. Outro music: G-Man Hoover by Van Dyke Parks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E566LbON5QA Check out ChinaTalk.media for transcripts, analysis and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Living in the USA
Abortion politics: Harold Meyerson; J. Edgar Hoover: Beverly Gage

Living in the USA

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 51:44


The latest move by a Republican judge to ban the abortion drug Mefipristone is likely to turn out more Democratic voters, says Harold Meyerson. Also: Trump's Easter Sunday tweet.Plus: We know a lot about the bad things J. Edgar Hoover did, but it turns out there's a lot we didn't know. Historian Beverly Gage joins the podcast to explain. Her new book is “G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover & the Making of the American Century" -- it's been nominated for an LA Times Book Prize, which will be awarded next week.

American Prestige
G-Man and Masters of the Universe w/ Beverly Gage

American Prestige

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2023 58:49


Danny and Derek welcome Beverly Gage, professor of history and American studies at Yale University, to discuss the life and work of J. Edgar Hoover. They touch on his DC upbringing, early years at the nascent FBI, the 1930s War on Crime, the effect of WWII and the Cold War on the agency, COINTELPRO, his sexuality, religiosity, racism, and more. Grab your copy of Beverly's book G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.americanprestigepod.com/subscribe

The Beagle Has Landed Podcast
Historian Beverly Gage on Her Rare Disease Diagnosis

The Beagle Has Landed Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2023


  Beverly Gage, Yale professor of American History and author, is more likely to be found on podcasts discussing her new (and wildly acclaimed) biography, “G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century". But in 2019 her life took an unexpected turn, as a chance encounter with a plant kickstarted what turned out to be a rare disease that had – inexplicably – lain dormant for 40 years.   She's not just a zebra, as Beverly explains in her recent New Yorker article, she's a zebra with polka dots.

City Life Org
Beverly Gage to be Awarded New-York Historical Society's 2023 Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize In American History For G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover And The Making Of The American Century

City Life Org

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2023 5:27


This episode is also available as a blog post: https://thecitylife.org/2023/03/23/beverly-gage-to-be-awarded-new-york-historical-societys-2023-barbara-and-david-zalaznick-book-prize-in-american-history-for-g-man-j-edgar-hoover-and-the-making-of-the-american-century/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/citylifeorg/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/citylifeorg/support

Coming in From the Cold
J. Edgar Hoover

Coming in From the Cold

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 41:50


Today, J. Edgar Hoover is remembered as a power-hungry, corrupt and prejudiced man, obsessed with an imagined threat of domestic communists. But during his life, he was widely respected and admired as the man responsible for building the FBI into a premier law enforcement agency. In the final episode of Coming in from the Cold Bill sits down with Beverly Gage, author of “G- Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century,” to discuss the complicated legacy of Hoover. Further Reading G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/529289/g-man-by-beverly-gage The Documentary: The People vs. J. Edgar Hoover: https://www.wnyc.org/story/documentary-people-vs-j-edgar-hoover The FBI: https://youtu.be/zu7Gj1uUIs0 “FBI Records: The Vault/COINTELPRO/White Hate Groups: https://vault.fbi.gov/cointel-pro/White%20Hate%20Groups

St. John's Church, Lafayette Square
Beverly Gage, Professor of 20th-century American history at Yale

St. John's Church, Lafayette Square

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2023 46:26


Beverly Gage, Professor of 20th-century American history at Yale, will talk about her newest book, G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century. Gage is also author of The Day Wall Street Exploded, which examined the history of terrorism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She writes frequently for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New York Times Magazine, and The New Yorker, among other publications.

Horns of a Dilemma
The Contradictions of J. Edgar Hoover

Horns of a Dilemma

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2023 52:22


Many great figures in American history are full of contradictions. Thomas Jefferson wrote stirringly about liberty while owning human beings as property. Woodrow Wilson was both the idealistic author of the 14 Points, and a racist who re-segregated the federal work force. But few figures in American history embody as many contradictions as the two featured in this week's Horns of a Dilemma: Lyndon Johnson, and J. Edgar Hoover. Yale Professor Beverly Gage discusses her new biography of Hoover, G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century. Beause she is speaking at the LBJ library, she focuses particularly on the relationship between Hoover and Johnson. Her talk is humorous, informative, and helps to highlight the way in which Hoover played a critical role in both securing and undermining many of the civil liberties that define contemporary American society.  

This is Democracy
This is Democracy – Episode 224: FBI and J. Edgar Hoover

This is Democracy

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2023


Jeremi and Zachary sit down with Beverly Gage to discuss the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, and their role in American democracy. Zachary sets the scene with his poem, "The Secret to Believing". Beverly Gage is a professor of history at Yale University. Her book G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century, a biography of former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, was named a best book of 2022 by the Washington Post (Ten Best Books), The Atlantic (Ten Best Books), Publishers Weekly (Ten Best Books), The New Yorker (24 Essential Reads), The New York Times (100 Notable Books), Smithsonian (Ten Best History Books), and Barnes & Noble (Ten Best History Books). She is also the author of The Day Wall Street Exploded: A Story of America in its First Age of Terror, which examined the history of terrorism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, focusing on the 1920 Wall Street bombing.

Luke Ford
Happy Martin Luther King Day 2023!

Luke Ford

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2023 136:13


01:00 Martin Luther King penis statue, https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/design/10-million-martin-luther-king-penis-statue-is-insulting/news-story/0e3e3c7f26cc047988210631a3790b28 07:00 Biden's carelessness with classified documents 11:00 Kehinde Wiley, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kehinde_Wiley 13:00 Gay black fascism in Times Square, https://www.unz.com/isteve/gay-black-facism/ 16:00 How the Artist Kehinde Wiley Went from Picturing Power to Building It, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/01/02/how-the-artist-kehinde-wiley-went-from-picturing-power-to-building-it 22:00 Why did Britain and France intervene on behalf of Poland in 1939? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=146857 25:30 JF Gariepy talks to Richard Spencer about Elon Musk, https://radixjournal.substack.com/p/the-peacocks-tail 45:00 Australian bowler Scott Boland discovers his Aboriginal roots, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Boland 54:00 Usman Khawaja, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usman_Khawaja 59:00 Truth, Trust, and Culture War w/ Zubin Damania, Christopher Kavanagh, Ben Burgis, and David Fuller, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlXxxdwQ2ME 1:01:00 How White House missteps exacerbated Biden's classified documents headache, https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/13/politics/white-house-missteps-biden-documents/index.html 1:03:30 ‘We're forever changed': A year after hostage ordeal, a Texas synagogue copes with trauma, https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-01-13/texas-synagogue-hostages-cope-year-later-antisemitism 1:06:00 William Costello on the Psychology of Incels 1:51:00 Republicans taking over school boards, https://anncoulter.substack.com/p/video-podcast-ryan-girdusky-and-i 1:57:00 G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=146850 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/04/arts/design/hank-willis-thomas-art.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/15/arts/design/martin-luther-king-jr-statue-boston-common.html 39, https://www.unz.com/isteve/why-does-official-obama-presidential-portrait-have-six-fingers-on-his-left-hand/ https://www.unz.com/isteve/gay-black-facism/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kehinde_Wiley https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-new-gurus/id1659385785 https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2022/bbc-radio-4-the-new-gurus Alex Kaschuta podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/subversive-w-alex-kaschuta/id1547129171 Cofnas on the JQ: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40806-022-00352-x Philosopher Stephen Turner Publishes A Memoir: Mad Hazard: A Life in Social Theory, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=146710 Another theory on charisma: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=139572 How Women Compete For Partners https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4jKAgYL0gg https://noahcarl.substack.com/p/where-did-wokeness-come-from https://www.patreon.com/parrotroom/posts https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus What's The Matter With Kansas? (2004) https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=146614 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSFVD7Xfhn7sJY8LAIQmH8Q/join https://odysee.com/@LukeFordLive, https://lbry.tv/@LukeFord, https://rumble.com/lukeford https://dlive.tv/lukefordlivestreams Listener Call In #: 1-310-997-4596 Superchat: https://entropystream.live/app/lukefordlive Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/lukeford/ Soundcloud MP3s: https://soundcloud.com/luke-ford-666431593 Code of Conduct: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=125692 https://www.patreon.com/lukeford http://lukeford.net Email me: lukeisback@gmail.com or DM me on Twitter.com/lukeford Support the show | https://www.streamlabs.com/lukeford, https://patreon.com/lukeford, https://PayPal.Me/lukeisback Facebook: http://facebook.com/lukecford Feel free to clip my videos. It's nice when you link back to the original.

Warfare
J. Edgar Hoover & The FBI

Warfare

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2023 47:01


Known today as one of the most powerful law enforcement agencies in the world - the Federal Bureau of Investigation, more colloquially known as the FBI, didn't always have such a great reputation. Once riddled with scandal and unseemly behaviour, how did the FBI turn into the well oiled machine it is today? And just who was responsible for this change?In today's episode, James joined Professor Beverly Gage at Yale University to talk about the man behind this extraordinary feat - J. Edgar Hoover. Looking at Beverly's decade of research into this infamous figure - just how did Hoover transform the FBI, and what secrets was she able to uncover in the process?Beverly's book G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century is available here.For more Warfare content, subscribe to our Warfare newsletter here. If you'd like to learn even more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad free podcasts and audiobooks at History Hit - enter promo code WARFARE for a free trial, plus 50% off your first three months' subscription.To download, go to Android > or Apple store > Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

KPFA - Letters and Politics
J. Edgar Hoover: From Progressive Icon To Villain

KPFA - Letters and Politics

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2023 59:58


Guest: Beverly Gage is professor of history at Yale. She is the author of The Day Wall Street Exploded: A Story of America in Its First Age of Terror, and her latest, G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century.   The post J. Edgar Hoover: From Progressive Icon To Villain appeared first on KPFA.

Amanpour
Former US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan

Amanpour

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2023 54:41


President Biden was in Kentucky today, touting last year's massive infrastructure bill alongside Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. It's that kind of bipartisanship that's necessary to support the defense of democracy in Ukraine, whose foreign minister said today that preparations are underway to receive America's Patriot air defense systems. This after Washington pledged another $45 billion in emergency assistance over the holidays. Every day that aid becomes more critical, as President Zelensky says Russia is digging in for the long haul – including with the bombing of cities and crucial infrastructure. John Sullivan is deeply familiar with the dynamics at play: for almost three years, he served as America's Ambassador to Russia, and was there as Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine.  Also on today's show: An Afghan aid worker with Women for Women International; Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council; Beverly Gage, author of G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

History Unplugged Podcast
J. Edgar Hoover's 50-Year Career of Blackmail, Entrapment, and Taking Down Communist Spies

History Unplugged Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2023 52:32


J. Edgar Hoover was possibly the most powerful non-elected person in modern American history. As FBI director from 1924 through his death in 1972, he used the tools of state to create a personal fiefdom unrivaled in U.S. history. He ruthlessly rooted out real and perceived threats to the United States, from bank robbers to Soviet spies to civil rights groups, calling Martin Luther King, Jr. “the country's most notorious liar.” But Hoover was more than a one-dimensional tyrant and schemer who strong-armed the rest of the country into submission; he was a confidant, counselor, and adversary to eight U.S. presidents, four Republicans and four Democrats. Today's guest is Beverly Gage, author of “G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century.” We explore the full sweep of Hoover's life and career, from his birth in 1895 to a modest Washington civil-service family through his death in 1972. Hoover was not above blackmail and intimidation, but he also embodied traditional values ranging from a fierce view of law and order to anticommunism, attracting him the admiration of millions of Americans. He stayed in office for so long because many people, from the highest reaches of government down to the grassroots, wanted him there and supported what he was doing.

Living in the USA
Best of 2022: Elie Mystal on the Constitution, Kelly Lytle Hernandez on 'Bad Mexicans,' Beverly Gage on the FBI

Living in the USA

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2022 58:35


For our end-of year show we are featuring some of our favorite book segments from 2022, starting with Elie Mystal, The Nation's Justice Correspondent, who says our constitution is not good. His new book is “Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution.”Plus: “Bad Mexicans” – that's what the revolutionaries of 1910 were called as they fought on both sides of the US-Mexico border against the robber barons and their political allies. UCLA historian Kelly Lytle Hernandez tells that story, and talks about her book on race, empire, and revolution in the borderlands.Also: We know a lot about the bad things J. Edgar Hoover did, but it turns out there's a lot we didn't know. Historian Beverly Gage explains; Her book is “G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover & the Making of the American Century.”

All Of It
Full Bio: 'G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century' by Beverly Gage

All Of It

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2022 113:29


For this month's Full Bio, we discussed the life of J. Edgar Hoover with biographer Beverly Gage. She is the author of the new book G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century.   Part 1: Hoover's early life and the important connections he made in college. Part 2: How Hoover came to lead the FBI, and the questions surrounding his sexuality. [Starts at 20:48] Part 3: Hoover's obsessions with communism, MLK, and the Kennedys. [Starts at 1:05:03] Part 4: Hoover's relationship with Nixon and the final years of his life. [Starts at 1:34:22]

All Of It
Full Bio: J. Edgar Hoover and Richard Nixon

All Of It

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2022 21:50


For this month's Full Bio, we're discussing the life of J. Edgar Hoover with biographer Beverly Gage. She is the author of the new book G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century. Today we discuss Hoover's relationship with Nixon and the final years of his life.

Know Your Enemy
J. Edgar Hoover, G-Man (w/ Beverly Gage)

Know Your Enemy

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2022 87:03


For forty-eight years, American presidents came and went, but J. Edgar Hoover remained as the powerful director of the FBI. In her authoritative new biography, G-Man, Yale historian Beverly Gage brings Hoover to life, uncovering the all-too-human man who played such an outsized role in twentieth-century U.S. political history. Gage's decade of research provides fascinating insights into the troubles that impinged on Hoover's childhood; his formative time in a white supremacist, Southern fraternity at George Washington University, Kappa Alpha; his early years in what was then the Bureau of Investigation and eventual rise to running it; Hoover's personal life and sexuality, including his longterm relationship with Clyde Tolson; and  the transformation of the FBI across the 1930s and 1940s, and the ways it drew Hoover into a number of controversies that followed, from the Kennedy assassination to COINTELPRO and the FBI's attacks on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sources:Beverly Gage, G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century (Viking, 2022)Michael Kazin, "J. Edgar Hoover's Long Shadow," New Republic, Dec 9, 2022Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, trans. Harvey Mansfield and Delba Winthrop (1835, 2002)Please consider making an end-of-year donation to Dissent this holiday season, Know Your Enemy's beloved sponsor. And don't forget to subscribe to KYE on Patreon for access to all of our bonus episodes.

Living in the USA
Homelessness in LA: Harold Meyerson; On Strike at the U of Cal: Nelson Lichtenstein; plus Beverly Gage on J. Edgar Hoover

Living in the USA

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 56:00


The new mayor in LA, Karen Bass, the former community organizer and former head of the Congressional Black caucus, LA's first woman mayor, was sworn in on Sunday, and her first act was to declare a state of emergency to address homelessness. Harold Meyerson comments.plus: In the biggest strike in the nation this year, the strike by University of California graduate student employees, one group of strikers—the postdocs--settled, and another agreed to go into mediation—the Teaching Assistants, who are refusing to grade final exams for tens of thousands of students. Nelson Lichtenstein has our report.Also: We know a lot about the bad things J. Edgar Hoover did, but it turns out there's a lot we didn't know. Historian Beverly Gage explains; Her new book is “G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover & the Making of the American Century.”

The Realignment
321 | Beverly Gage: How the FBI and Its Politics Shaped the American Century

The Realignment

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2022 43:06


This episode is a part of The Realignment's daily end-of-year coverage of the themes and topics that defined 2022. Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/.REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/JOIN MARSHALL & SAAGAR AT OUR LIVE CONFERENCE IN DC ON 1/25/2023: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/realignment-live-tickets-443348436107?aff=erelexpmltPURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignmentEmail us at: realignmentpod@gmail.comBeverly Gage, 20th-century American History Professor at Yale and author of G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century, joins The Realignment to discuss how J. Edgar Hoover's tenure as FBI director shaped American history, politicized federal law enforcement, and how today's bureau navigates its hyper-political challenges like the Mar-a-Lago raid and the Trump presidency.

The Lawfare Podcast
J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century

The Lawfare Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2022 57:18


J. Edgar Hoover served as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 48 years, from 1924 until 1972. Since his death, Hoover has become one of the most reviled figures in American history due to FBI operations under his leadership to spy on Americans, including government officials, in order to manipulate democratic politics.To discuss Hoover's extraordinary role in American politics in the 20th century and the continuing influence of his legacy today, Lawfare co-founder and Harvard Law professor Jack Goldsmith sat down with Yale University history professor Beverly Gage, who is the author of a new biography of Hoover called, “G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century.” They discussed why Hoover's place in American history is much more complex than conventional wisdom suggests; Hoover as a master bureaucrat who managed the press, Hollywood, and senior government officials to maintain enormous popularity throughout his reign as FBI director; how Hoover, the fierce anti-communist, was the key to the elimination of McCarthyism in the 1950s; and much, much more.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tavis Smiley
Dr. Beverly Gage on "Tavis Smiley"

Tavis Smiley

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2022 42:48


Dr. Beverly Gage - Who exactly was J. Edgar Hoover? In her critically acclaimed new book “G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century,” Yale History Professor Beverly Gage explores the full sweep of Hoover's life and reveals a nuanced and definitive portrait of a man who impacted the trajectories of governance, policing, race, ideology, political culture, and federal power as they evolved over the course of the 20th century. She joins Tavis to unpack her insightful text.

Having Read That with Brian Vakulskas
BEVERLY GAGE – G-MAN: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century

Having Read That with Brian Vakulskas

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2022 14:26


Author: Beverly Gage Book: G-MAN: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century Publishing: Viking (November 22, 2022) Synopsis (from the Publisher): “[A] crisply written, prodigiously researched, and frequently astonishing new biography”—The New Yorker “Masterful…This book is an enduring, formidable accomplishment, a monument to the power of biography [that] now becomes the definitive […] The post BEVERLY GAGE – G-MAN: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century appeared first on KSCJ 1360.

StudioTulsa
"G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century"

StudioTulsa

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2022 28:58


"Masterful.... This book is an enduring, formidable accomplishment, a monument to the power of biography [that] now becomes the definitive work [on Hoover]." -- The Washington Post

Start Making Sense
Beverly Gage on J. Edgar Hoover, plus Erwin Chemerinsky on Originalism

Start Making Sense

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2022 38:40


We know a lot about the bad things J. Edgar Hoover did, but it turns out there's a lot we didn't know. Historian Beverly Gage joins the podcast to explain. Her new book is “G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover & the Making of the American Century.”Also: Should the Supreme Court base its decision on what it can discern about the original intent of the framers? That's what the “originalists” say – and they dominate today's court. Erwin Chemerinsky comments. Chemerinsky is dean of the law school at UC Berkeley and author most recently of “Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism.”Subscribe to The Nation to support all of our podcasts: thenation.com/podcastsubscribe.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The New Abnormal
What You Don't Know About the FBI Director Who Targeted MLK

The New Abnormal

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2022 59:23


Attention political history buffs: This episode of The New Abnormal podcast takes us back in time, to the '50s and '60s to be exact, as Beverly Gage, author of “G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century,” tells co-host Andy Levy all about the background of the first-ever FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Andy learns that racist Hoover, infamous for going after Martin Luther King Jr. and committing multiple abuses of power across the board, particularly under the protection of the surveillance program COINTELPRO, didn't like the Klan and had an interesting relationship with former President Richard Nixon. Author Kal Raustiala also joins the show to tell Andy about his book “The Absolutely Indispensable Man: Ralph Bunche, the United Nations, and the Fight to End Empire” and everything we didn't know about the famous Black United Nations mediator—including the fact that Nixon told him his son was going to be drafted, and the reason he didn't stop it from happening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Past Present
Episode 352: Weight Loss Drugs

Past Present

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2022 38:40


In this episode, Natalia, Niki, and Neil discuss the new weight loss drug, Ozempic. Support Past Present on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pastpresentpodcast Here are some links and references mentioned during this week's show:   Ozempic, an injectable used for diabetes treatment, is also hailed for its use as a diet drug and hated for its intense side effects. Neil referenced this Wall Street Journal article about the ritzy circles in which Ozempic has become popular. Niki drew on this Reuters piece about the history of weight loss drugs.   In our regular closing feature, What's Making History: Natalia recommended historian Kathryn J. McGarr's new book, City of Newsmen: Public Lies and Professional Secrets in Cold War Washington. Neil discussed Ruth Graham's New York Times article, “Old Latin Mass Finds New American Audience, Despite Pope's Disapproval.” Niki shared about historian Beverly Gage's new book, G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century.